Masculine Birth Ritual

E 16 | Welcoming Whatever Being Came

Our final episode is an interview with new Papa, yoga and Buddhism teacher Jacoby Ballard. We talk about the Germination Proclamation he and their partner put out to frie

E 15 | Ask Those Questions

In this interview, Rachel L. Kaplan and I talk about their experience with preterm birth. A friend of Rachel's recently pointed out that there aren't a lot of queer voice

E14 | Meeting People Where They're At

Our interview today is with Amanda Hayden. Amanda is a certified lactation counselor, social worker, and full-spectrum labor & postpartum doula trained through Ancient So

E13 | I Would Like It If You Would Listen

In E13 I talk with Charlie King-Miller about Charlie's experience giving birth in a hospital setting, trying to get listed as "father" on his baby's birth certificate in

E12 | We Give It So Much Cultural Power

In E12 I talk with Greta LaFluer. Greta is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Yale University. They're the author of a book called The Natural History of Sexua

E11 | It's Not Gender Weird, It's Just Weird

In this interview, Rae Goodman-Lucker and I talk about his experiences in preparing for pregnancy and birthing two children. She shares about her struggle to get doctors

E10 | She Protected Her Children From the Bear:

In Episode 10 I talk with Takeya Trayer. Takeya is an artist, mommy to three children, a teacher, and the author of a children's book "My Mommy is My Daddy." In this epis

E9 | Buffering the Impacts of Discrimination:

In episode 9 I talk with Miriam Zoila Pérez, the author of the Radical Doula Guide and a reporter that writes about the impacts of racism on birth and health outcomes. We

E8 | He Was With These Wonderful Queers:

E8 | He Was With These Wonderful Queers: an interview with J Carroll on nonbinary single parenting and birth In Episode 8 we talk with J Carroll about their experience

E7 | Leading the Way on Body Sovereignty: part two of a conversation with Sara Flores-Boudreaux

Midwife Sara Flores-Boudreaux joins us for Part 2 of a conversation about supporting MoC two-spirit, queer, trans, and genderqueer people in birth, wellness, and life. We

E6 | A Super Fierce Stance:

Today we are talking with Sara Flores-Boudreaux. They are a Mestiza Mujer Midwife that has been providing health, wellness, and birth care to Masculine of Center Queer, T

E5 | This Blessing Got Kind of Everywhere:

In Episode 5 Rabbi Elliot Kukla talks with us about Jewish birth rituals, Yiddish women's traditions surrounding fertility and birth, non-binary parenting, and the docume

E3 | Possibility Models for Parenthood:

Mac Brydum is a doula and a transman that is trying to conceive (TTC). In this interview, we discuss the role of the doula, particularly how they can support queer and tr

E2| Grow Your Own Parasite! Get Pregnant!:

The interview today is with Vanya Hollis, a butch birth parent and high school science teacher. We talk about gender, conception, challenges in lactation, the politics of

Episode 1| Introduction to Masculine Birth Ritual

In this introductory episode to the Masculine Birth Ritual podcast Grover Wehman-Brown gives an overview of the what and why of Masculine Birth Ritual. She gives an intro